Welcome to NY Nut Growers!

Our Purpose

The New York Nut Growers Association is an all volunteer,
non-profit organization that promotes nut tree growing in
New York state. Our mission is to educate people on the
benefits of nut trees and to provide cultural information
to assist in growing nut trees for crops and timber.

Current Events:

Of Note...

8:30-9:30.......The Bill Manning Nut Tree
Plantings......producing heartnuts , black
walnuts, and buartnuts...NOTE! This will be at
the Manning property, 5496 McDuffy Town Road,
Romulus NY 14541....From Trumansburg go north on
Rt.96, thru Interlaken, and turn right on to
County Road 129 and go north about 6 miles to
the McDuffy Town Road (look for NYNGA direction
markers there). There will be no lavatory or
refreshments at this location

9:30-10-00.....Travel the reverse route to
Trumansburg and BWW Farm on the Searsburg Road

Start
of Regular Program

Sign-in.. Fruit,juice, coffee snacks....lavatory
facilities

10:00-10:30...Presentation by Andrew Hillman,
President of the Urban Forestry Association,
“Nut Trees in the Urban Forest Setting”

10:00-11:00...Up-date on growing hazelnuts in
New York State...Lead speaker, Jeff Zarnowski,
experienced hazelnut grower in Marathon, NY....
American Hazelnut raffle!

11:00-11:30...Signage Project at the John Gordon
Nut Grove....participant feedback!!!!!!

11:30-1:00.....Box lunches and small group
visits to the growing facilities of “Native
Exotics”, the commercial enterprise of Ryan
Georgia (SUNY ESF student) and Julianna
Razryandov , who maintain a year around heated
green house for the propagation of imported
rain-forest type, carnivorous, household, plants
. They are currently developing tissue culture
procedures to support their enterprise.

1:15-2:00......Hear some details about this
family-run business... a niche farming
operation... and an an example of silvopasturing
being conducted in aThis is the 5th
group of suburbanizing town.

2:00-3:30.....Across the road to the John
Coggins property......acres of plant life
including, vineyard, orchards, vegetable garden,
and many, many, nut trees......a snack for the
trip home!

Registration:

Send check or money order for $15.00 payable to
“NYNGA” to John Wertis, NYNGA President, at 8144
Searsburg Road, Trumansburg, NY 14886. Please
include your contact information (address,
phone, e-mail) so we can contact you if
necessary. Registration covers the cost of
snacks, lunch, literature, and plants and nuts
distributed.on-site.

Any
questions? Contact John Wertis (see contact info
at the top of the page). . See the NYNGA website
at <www.nynga.org>
for
membership information and application
forms...be eligible for the “Members Only” nut
tree lotteries at the meeting!!!